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Effectiveness of bystander-initiated cardiac-only resuscitation for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18071072     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Previous animal and clinical studies suggest that bystander-initiated cardiac-only resuscitation may be superior to conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. Our hypothesis was that both cardiac-only bystander resuscitation and conventional bystander CPR would improve outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrests of < or = 15 minutes' duration, whereas the addition of rescue breathing would improve outcomes for cardiac arrests lasting > 15 minutes. METHODS AND RESULTS: We carried out a prospective, population-based, observational study involving consecutive patients with emergency responder resuscitation attempts from May 1, 1998, through April 30, 2003. The primary outcome measure was 1-year survival with favorable neurological outcome. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate the relationship between type of CPR and outcomes. Among the 4902 witnessed cardiac arrests, 783 received conventional CPR, and 544 received cardiac-only resuscitation. Excluding very-long-duration cardiac arrests (> 15 minutes), the cardiac-only resuscitation yielded a higher rate of 1-year survival with favorable neurological outcome than no bystander CPR (4.3% versus 2.5%; odds ratio, 1.72; 95% CI, 1.01 to 2.95), and conventional CPR showed similar effectiveness (4.1%; odds ratio, 1.57; 95% CI, 0.95 to 2.60). For the very-long-duration arrests, neurologically favorable 1-year survival was greater in the conventional CPR group, but there were few survivors regardless of the type of bystander CPR (0.3% [2 of 624], 0% [0 of 92], and 2.2% [3 of 139] in the no bystander CPR, cardiac-only CPR, and conventional CPR groups, respectively; P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Bystander-initiated cardiac-only resuscitation and conventional CPR are similarly effective for most adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. For very prolonged cardiac arrests, the addition of rescue breathing may be of some help.
Authors:
Taku Iwami; Takashi Kawamura; Atsushi Hiraide; Robert A Berg; Yasuyuki Hayashi; Tatsuya Nishiuchi; Kentaro Kajino; Naohiro Yonemoto; Hidekazu Yukioka; Hisashi Sugimoto; Hiroyuki Kakuchi; Kazuhiro Sase; Hiroyuki Yokoyama; Hiroshi Nonogi
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2007-12-10
Journal Detail:
Title:  Circulation     Volume:  116     ISSN:  1524-4539     ISO Abbreviation:  Circulation     Publication Date:  2007 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-12-18     Completed Date:  2008-01-10     Revised Date:  2008-09-16    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0147763     Medline TA:  Circulation     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2900-7     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan. iwamit2000@yahoo.co.jp
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / methods*,  mortality*
Emergency Medical Services / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Heart Arrest / mortality*,  therapy*
Humans
Incidence
Japan / epidemiology
Logistic Models
Male
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Prospective Studies
Survival Analysis
Ventricular Fibrillation / mortality,  therapy
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Circulation. 2007 Dec 18;116(25):2894-6   [PMID:  18086938 ]
Circulation. 2008 Jun 24;117(25):e508; author reply e509   [PMID:  18574053 ]

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